Literary Periods

Use the link below to Literature in Time to see the source for this outline and to follow the links to periods.

Literature in Time - Literary Periods

The Renaissance

500-1660	The Renaissance
	1558-1603	Elizabethan Age
	1603-1625	Jacobean Age
	1625-1649	Caroline Age
	1649-1669	Commonwealth Perio

The Neoclassical Period

1660-1785	The Neoclassical Period
	1660-1700	The Restoration
	1700-1745	The Augustan Age. (Age of Pope)
	1745-1785	The Age of Sensibility. (Age of Johnson)

The Romantic Period
1785-1830 The Romantic Period

The Victorian Period

1832-1901	The Victorian Period
	1848-1860	The Pre-Raphaelites
	1880-1901	Aestheticism and Decadence

The Edwardian Period
1901-1914 The Edwardian Period

The Georgian Period
1910-1936 The Georgian Period

The Modern Period
1914- The Modern Period